Armed with spears and nets, a team of determined divers took the plunge into Florida's pristine waters on a mission of ...

The beautiful fish threaten Florida's reef ecosystems so dangerously that the state's Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has organized contests to reward divers who kill and remove them.

Some 285 divers removed 31,773 invasive lionfish from fragile coral reef ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean, according to a press release from the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission recently hosted events leading to the removal of nearly 200 Burmese ...

Scientists sent hundreds of critically endangered corals from South Florida to the Texas Gulf Coast on Wednesday in a ...

Fourteen teams of scuba divers took to the water and collected 1,527 invasive lionfish during the 2024 Florida Keys Lionfish ...

The same Duval County man was once again crowned “Lionfish King,” bringing in 915 lionfish in 2024 but falling short of his ...

In Puerto Rico and elsewhere, researchers are attempting to restore coral reefs and make corals more resilient to ocean heat ...

After a brutally hot summer in 2023 that caused widespread bleaching and coral death, summer 2024 was more favorable for the ...

Not only is it the world’s first underwater cemetery — it’s also set to be the largest man-made reef on the planet.

Jessica McCawley is the FWC Director of Marine Fisheries Management. She says the Monroe County program is working to create a network of sites in the Gulf.

Former Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Chair and Florida Keys developer Robert Spottswood urged the FWC board to not approve an overhaul of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary ...